Journal
PLANTA MEDICA
Volume 70, Issue 2, Pages 147-151Publisher
GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815492
Keywords
hairy root culture; Salvia miltiorrhiza; Lamiaceae; tanshinones; Ag+ elicitation; nutrient feeding
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Ag+ was employed as an abiotic elicitor to stimulate the secondary metabolite production in hairy root Culture of Salvia miltiorrhiza, a valuable herbal plant. The addition of Ag2S2O3 at 15 - 40 muM to the culture between 12 and 22 days post inoculation resulted in more than 2-fold increase in the yields of the three diterpenoid tanshinones, tanshinone I, tanshinone IIA and cryptotanshinone. This stimulating effect was dependent on the Ag+ dose, the day of Ag+ addition to the culture and the tanshinone species, while the total yield of the three tanshinones (TT) was mainly dependent on the Ag+ dose, with the highest being attained at 30 muM. The Ag+ treatment also caused a close-dependent inhibition of hairy root growth. Sucrose feeding or medium renewal before the addition of Ag+ to the culture effectively prevented the growth inhibition, and significantly increased the biomass concentration and volumetric tanshinone yield. With combined medium renewal and Ag+ treatment, in particular, the TT yield was increased 6.6-fold relative to that of the control (55.7 mg/L versus 7.3 mg/L). The elicitor function of Ag+ in the hairy root culture was validated by its ability to induce the characteristic elicitor responses of plants, the increase in cross-cell membrane ion fluxes and the production of reactive oxygen species.
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